I'm really enjoying creating in an art journal, I feel I have no self-inflicted restrictions when I make something for myself, a page in my own book.. I'm sure it's like that for other crafters too - you hesitate using up your prettiest embellishments and designerpapers, because when u do, you'll never see them again.. Like this fabulous background I made from one of my favourite paperstacks, DCWV 'Once upon a time'.

For this fortnights challenge #119. at Creative Fingers we are lucky to have two fab sponsors, Bugaboo Stamps & Star Stampz, and as always it is an 'Anything goes' theme. You are more than welcome to join with your creations! :)

As a bookworm myself, I am totally in love with Star Stampz adorable little Book elf, and elves n fairies is always very welcome in my stash ♥ The image on the left of my art journal spread is from the old childrens book I'm working in! (The fairytale is named 'the Princess and Henrik'). Recycling an old book instead of buying a brand new expensive journal to create art in is a great budget saver :)

I have created a color swatch chart for my distress inks and various ink sprays into a .pdf file of my scanned chart. (It's a blank one I had drawn in approx. A5 size with all the names only. The first ten pages has the distress ink names on it, the next pages are some of my other inks, so when printing, print out pages 1 - 10. Or all pages if you want those too ofcourse!)You may use it as your own color referance, if you'd like to have it? It sure made my life easier! I can now find the excact shade of color and match it up to my images when I paint :)

You can download the .pdf file here ~ freebie for your own private use!Do not share it ~ instead direct people here, thanks :)

Check out how shiny and fabulous those inka golds looks! The glittery paints on the image itself are twinkling H20's and wink of Stella. Including all those blingy brads, my page is really standing out :)

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I absolutely LOVE Steampunk and all things vintage colors and the warm browns and autumnal colors :)

For this fortnights challenge #118. at Creative Fingers we are lucky to have two fab sponsors, The East Wind and Elvenstar Art, and as always it is an 'Anything goes' theme. You are more than welcome to join with your creations! :)

The awesome steampunk girl motif on my art journal spread is from TEW's Unky LaStrange, and she's got so many cool digistamps in her shoppe, you can even get a freebie each month if you sign up for her newsletter (right side on her blog here).

EDIT: I wasin the Designers Spotlight at Simon Says, and I quote:Meihsia says: These are such gorgeous pages with many fantastic steampunk elements and beautiful colors. The texture on the background is fabulous!I also was chosen as one in the Mix Media Top 5! thank you so much :)

All some of my favourite catchphrases from the best sci-fi show ever ~ Doctor Who! (ok then, I have several best ever's! lol).. And I highly reccomend it, super witty and funny, fantastic characters and exiting stories, romantic even ~ it helps if u have a love for fantasy and fiction to appreciate it, but it's a show everone will love ♥ I like to say that my first doctor was Nine, but my heart belongs to Ten (David Tennant), and I have a good friend in 11. Not a big fan of 12 yet, but he's growing on me.. It's River Song (spoilers *his wife*) who says 'Hello Sweetie!' whenever she catches up with the Doctor, so it's a great sentiment to have on my Doctor Who themed card. The main motif is not just an ordinary oldfashioned police phonebox, but a time travel machine! Which ofcourse is much much bigger on the inside..

I thought I needed an sci-fi background to go with my awesome VLVS stamps, and have used a real cool stencil by Patti Tolley Parrish aka Inky Obsessions, who looks kind of techy and alien. Patti is one of the people I follow on youtube, such a creative and funny lady! Here's her channel if you want to have a hoot :)

I was really running late with blogging my card tonight! I wanted to enter at my fave craft magazine, Ett Trykks celebration of World Cardmaking Day ~ and it was a scraplifting challenge by Elin, to lift this faboulous card ~ her blog is Papirmølla if u want to look at her other creations ♥ I focused on the lovely heartshape and text inside to create my card, and having only minutes to spare, I kind of rushed it so it became a simple design. But I like it! Very elegant look I think, and the sentiment is really standing out.